The IDF Arabic language spokesperson Avichay Adraee tweeted a Quranic verse in support of the accords between Israel, the UAE and Bahrain, which says, “O you who believe, enter into complete peace.”
The Israel in Arabic Twitter account quoted it as well, and noted that there are 170 Quranic verses that discuss peace.
One friendly UAE tweeter responded back with one of those other Quranic verses, 8:61, saying “If they incline to peace, incline you as well to it, and trust in Allah. Surely He is All-Hearing. All-Knowing.”
But of course some Muslims are offended when a Jew quotes the Quran. One other response to Adraee’s tweet was from 5:82, “You will surely find the most intense of the people in animosity toward the believers [to be] the Jews and those who associate others with Allah;”
Others said that the second half of the verse was more appropriate for Israel: ” and follow not the footsteps of the devil. Surely he is your open enemy.”
And one Photoshopped Adraee and labeled him The Great Ayatollah Avichay Adraee – which Adraee enjoyed.
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